Explore Wheatland, Indiana, with this interactive street and satellite map.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Wheatland, Indiana. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Indiana or beyond.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Wheatland.
Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
| City | Wheatland |
| State | Indiana (IN) |
| County | Knox County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Vincennes) |
| Latitude | 38.663659 |
| Longitude | -87.30946 |
| Population | 390 |
| Density | 367.3 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 47597 |
| Area Code | 812 |
| County Seat | Vincennes |
| School District | South Knox School Corporation |
Wheatland anchors itself to a flat, deliberate expanse of Indiana earth where the horizon feels like a long, pulled thread of gray and gold. It lies 7.4 miles west of Washington, IN (from Washington, IN: bearing 272°T), and is situated 9.4 miles west-southwest of Daviess. The landscape is defined by the steady, unassuming presence of Steen Ditch, which cuts a functional line through the soil, serving as a reminder of the region’s reliance on the land’s drainage and cultivation. To the east, the low, distant silhouettes of the Beech Hills offer a faint interruption to the otherwise level plane, while Nicholson Pond sits a mile away, its surface often mirroring the heavy, humid clouds that gather before a summer storm. The air here holds the scent of drying stalks and damp earth, a sensory baseline that persists regardless of the season, grounding the physical character of Wheatland in the quiet cycles of a working geography.
Agriculture remains the silent pulse of Wheatland, a legacy etched into the grid of fields that stretches toward the horizon like an open ledger. History in this region is marked not by grand monuments, but by the slow, persistent labor of families who have turned the dark, fertile loam for generations. Residents often look toward the Gwaltney Sports Complex for a sense of communal rhythm, where the activities of the day find a brief, energetic release away from the stillness of the surrounding acreage. Further afield, the broad, open space of Mills Prairie suggests the original character of this territory, a stark contrast to the small, brick-and-timber clusters that define the local architecture. Life in Wheatland moves with the measured pace of a pendulum, reflecting a culture that finds its stability in the predictability of the seasons and the enduring, unadorned utility of the Midwestern plain.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Wheatland, Indiana. Coordinates: 38.663659, -87.30946. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Wheatland includes the ZIP code (47597), telephone area code (812), county seat of Knox County (Vincennes), and school district assignment (South Knox School Corporation).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |